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IAEM
There is only one week left to submit an abstract to present a poster in the IAEM Poster Showcase at the 66th Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oct. 19-24, 2018. Submit your abstract to Conference Manager Julie Husk by 5:00 p.m., EDT, Friday, May 18, 2018. Participants may choose to enter in either the competitive or non-competitive divisions. For more information, read the Poster Showcase Guidance and visit the IAEM conference website.
IAEM
The IAEM 66th Annual Conference & EMEX in Grand Rapids, Michigan will feature plenary speaker Frank DeAngelis on Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018. DeAngelis is the former Columbine High School principal who worked at the high school for 35 years and during the mass shooting tragedy that redefined the nation. Frank tells a story from the events through the aftermath. His presentation reveals the leadership lessons learned from Columbine in the focus of an international firestorm. His takeaways from this presentation should be required reading for every leader in the nation. For more information about DeAngelis, visit the IAEM Conference website.
GovInsider
India’s size and diversity makes it one of the most disaster-prone countries in Asia. Large coastal areas in the south suffer from cyclones, while the northern mountainous areas suffer from landslides and floods, and droughts regularly affect the country’s central region.
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GovInsider
Floods, landslides and storm surges are an unfortunate part of life in the Philippines. From maps and data to songwriters and celebrities, government is trying to use every resource available to minimize disasters’ impact on the population.
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Calgary Herald
They’re two groups you don’t hear from too often.
But quietly, the Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) and Canada Task Force 2 (Can-TF2) are awaiting the next disaster to strike.
“CEMA, by legislation, is to co-ordinate all of the emergency services in the event of an emergency situation,” said Tom Sampson, the agency’s chief and a commander for Can-TF2.
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The inaugural IAEM-Canada Emergency Management Leadership and Innovation Conference is a don’t-miss event, taking place on June 5-8, 2018, in Calgary, Alberta. This conference will bring together leaders in emergency management to share the latest in technologies being used, and lessons learned around the world, to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. The program is available online, and you can learn about the line-up of conference speakers here. Visit the event page at www.iaem.com/Canada2018 for details on hotel accommodations, travel, and sponsorship opportunities. Register online by May 24, 2018, to qualify for the early bird registration discount.
Phys.org
For the past five years the message has been the same — Alberta, specifically Calgary, needs flood mitigation, and there is no time to spare in taking action before the Bow or Elbow Rivers spill their banks again. After all, there were only eight years between Calgary's last two "100-year floods," the most recent of which resulted in $6 billion in damages.
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Relief Web
A new initiative to strengthen multi-hazard early warning systems and to boost resilience is underway in Mali.
The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) project was launched on 30 April as part of a wider plan to modernize Mali’s hydrological and meteorological services.
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IAEM
A first draft of the EMS Agenda 2050 has been released for public comment, after development by the Technical Expert Panel to craft a vision for the future of EMS. EMS Agenda 2050 is a collaborative and inclusive, two-year project to create a bold plan for the next several decades. This draft comes as the culmination of more than two years of input from the public and the EMS community, through the National EMS Advisory Council, a Federal Request for Information (RFI), public meetings, conference sessions, webinars, and presentations. Download the first draft of the EMS Agenda 2050, and provide feedback here by May 31, 2018. Following the comment period, the Technical Expert Panel will review all feedback and develop a final version of EMS Agenda 2050. The final version will be released in September 2018, at a National Implementation Forum, hosted by the project team and federal partners in Washington, D.C.
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The Hill
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection efforts advanced from a key Senate panel on Monday.
Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved Christopher Kreb’s nomination on Monday by a voice vote, according to a committee aide.
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IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program provides scholarships through a competitive process to full-time undergraduate and graduate students, or part-time graduate students, working on degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields of study. Awardees are selected based on applications and required complimentary materials. To be considered for an award in this year’s program, download the appropriate (undergraduate or graduate) application and return it with all required materials no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 12, 2018. To assist students with the application process and ensure that all required documents are submitted, the Scholarship Commission has provided application checklists. Direct your questions to Scholarship Program Director Dawn M. Shiley.
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IAEM
IAEM Headquarters is maintaining a list of IAEM members who have a current student membership and wish to be considered for a student registration fee stipend in the amount of $310 (early bird rate) which can be used towards either the registration fee or to help support travel expenses to attend the IAEM 2018 Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Students should email their interest to be considered for the registration fee stipend lottery to IAEM Membership Manager Sharon Kelly at info@iaem.com, no later than Aug. 20, 2018, along with the following information: your name, your complete contact information, and the university that you are attending. Complete details are online.
IAEM
The 2018 IAEM Awards Competition entry period is now open, and there is still plenty of time for you to enter. Visit www.iaem.com/Awards for details, guidelines, and entry forms. There are three groups of award categories: Global (for those in any location), Canada (only for Canadian entrants), and USA (only for U.S. entrants). The purpose of the IAEM Awards Competition is to recognize and honor persons who have made special or significant contributions to the field of emergency management and have represented the profession well by their outstanding performance. You are encouraged to participate and to share your achievements with your colleagues. Keep the entry deadline in mind: all award entries must be received by Friday, June 1, 2018, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
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IAEM
The June 2018 IAEM Bulletin will include a special focus on the theme of “Cybersecurity,” and the IAEM Editorial Work Group encourages you to contribute an article. Article submissions must be received by the extended deadline of May 15, 2018. Articles might include, but are not limited to: Cybersecurity 101 about securing your own security and how you protect your own assets; how you incorporate cybersecurity into your CEMP/EOP; a discussion of available Internet resources; how to coordinate cybersecurity among your response team; how to protect information in your EOC; preparing for cybersecurity incidents, vulnerabilities and risks associated with IOT (Internet of Things – including AV systems, HVAC, remote sensors, etc.), and best practices for designing and conducting cybersecurity exercises. These are just examples of articles. You may identify another aspect of cybersecurity as it relates to emergency management that you would like to write about. Article length is 750-1,500 words. Please refer to the author guidelines for details, and email any questions to Editor Karen Thompson.
The New York Times
Rafael Surillo Ruiz was on the way to San Juan when he noticed that all the traffic lights had gone out. Mr. Surillo is the mayor of Yabucoa, among the first communities struck by Hurricane Maria last September, and for months he had been lobbying federal officials, local officials, utility officials — anyone who might help the thousands of his constituents still waiting to get their power back.
Homeland Security Today
No matter how good the individual members of a team might be, if they don’t learn to work together, they have little to no chance of succeeding when they called upon to perform. That’s as true for the workplace as it is for any band, orchestra, sports team or assembly of superheroes. Practice is called for and no matter how mundane or monotonous rehearsals, drills and game-plan workouts might be, being familiar with how you play with others can make all the difference in the world.
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WIRED
Along with the roar of a grizzly bear and a crack of lightning, the sound of a tornado is among the most terrifying natural sounds on Earth. Depending on the twister and where you’re standing, it can sound like a hiss, a buzz, a rumble, or even a freight train. It’s the auditory manifestation of trouble.
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Modern Diplomacy
The great disasters of the past — like the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. or the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo in 1930 — can provide valuable lessons to help governments and institutions increase the resilience of communities in the face of modern challenges, such as climate change and rapid urbanization.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Hurricanes that intensify rapidly — a characteristic of almost all powerful hurricanes — do so more strongly and quickly now than they did thirty years ago. While many factors are at play, the chief driver is a natural phenomenon that affects the temperature of the waters in the Atlantic where hurricanes are powering up.
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Emergency Management
Colleen Wright writes: Say you're like me. You're as Floridian as they come. You grew up tracking hurricanes, stocking up on non-perishables (Parmalat, Vienna sausages and marshmallows), hoping for school to be canceled. You've helped put up more aluminum shutters than you can count.
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Domestic Preparedness
If there were a prolonged nationwide, multi-week or multi-month power failure, neither the federal government nor any state, local, tribal, or territorial government — acting alone or in concert — would be able to execute an effective response. This bleak outlook results from understanding that so many critical infrastructures depend on electricity.
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CNN
When asked to draw an erupting volcano, most people draw a steep-sided cone with a big plume of smoke coming off the top. It will likely be a very scary picture, a "run for your life!" situation. This might be why the current eruption of Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii, has surprised many.
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Emergency Management
The FBI says there were 220 active shooter events from 2000 to 2016, including the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 people were killed.
After that event, Orange County, Fla., Fire Chief Otto Drozd, recognizing the role all first responders have in these scenarios, asked the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to develop some standards for a “Whole Community” response to active shooters.
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CPA Practice Advisor
After the disastrous 2017 hurricane season affected millions of Americans in Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, as well as other states, it's imperative that those who live in areas that may be threatened by storms, earthquakes, flooding, fires or other natural disasters be prepared.
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IAEM
This is the year to earn your AEM® or CEM® so you can be part of the 25th anniversary celebration in Grand Rapids, Michigan! IAEM wants to help you and has many resources available, including the free Certification Webinar Series (with on-demand viewing options). A new featured mentors list, with hundreds of featured mentors ready to assist you in the certification process, has just been released. Visit www.iaem.com/cem for more details.
IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will offer three Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) afternoon sessions on July 17, 18, and 19 on the effects of a major dam failure on a community. Times are 12:00-4:00 p.m. EDT for each of the sessions. The VTTX is designed to: prepare participants for a potential dam failure that could impact power production, require emergency evacuations, open use of emergency spillways and recovery from a catastrophic loss; enable participants to better coordinate their operations with counterparts from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, private sector organizations, and non-governmental agencies; and provide a virtual forum to review emergency plans and contingency resources. To participate, email Doug Kahn. The application deadline is June 29, 2018. Additional information is available online.
Reuters
At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was discovered there in the 1970s, and comes less than a year after its last outbreak which killed eight people.
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ABC News
An active jet stream moving in from the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday is bringing heavy rain and storms with it. Strong to severe storms are possible from the Dakotas to Missouri today. The biggest threat will be damaging winds and hail, but we can’t rule out a tornado or two.
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Atlas Obscura
One morning last week, when dairy farm workers in Rotoura, New Zealand, made their early-morning lap to check in on the cows, they saw something much more startling than a lounging ruminant.
A jagged hole had opened up overnight.
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NPR
The eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues. The lava has now destroyed at least 35 structures and covered the equivalent of more than 75 football fields.
Scientists have been tracking this event since it started last week — but there are still big unanswered questions, the biggest of which is when it will end.
The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has been erupting for more than 30 years.
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CTV News
A swarm of earthquakes shook southern El Salvador on Sunday, damaging nearly 200 homes and touching off small landslides, but there were no reports of serious injuries or deaths.
The U.S. Geological Survey said at least nine quakes of magnitude 4.3 or greater struck the region beginning in the morning, including three of magnitude 5.2 to 5.6.
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Al Manar TV
According to the latest reports by the USGS, US Geological Survey, an earthquake measuring 6.4 has struck off the coast of the Philippines.
The tremor was registered at 06:19 UTC (9:19 Moscow time). There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit at a depth of 30 km (18 miles), about 50 km north-northwest of Pandan, on the island of Catanduanes, according to the USGS.
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KHNL-TV
In just the past week, people on the Big Island have felt over 1,200 earthquakes. The smallest are about magnitude 1.0. The biggest: A 6.9-magnitude.
So what's causing all the tremors?
Scientists say one reason is the built up pressure of magma traveling through Kilauea's east rift zone.
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